Local Vibe

The drummer for The Salads was also one of the organizers, so like he said in our interview (Organizers interview), he just assumed they’d play. The Salads recently worked with Choclair and they felt it would be great to feature him. They also decided to tailor a song for the specifically for the fundraiser, so I just had to record that song and keep it in its entirety for you to listen to.

Tremendous appeal with young people is why U. S. S., also known as Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker, would be invited to an event like this. One member stands virtually still and plays the acoustic guitar and does the vocals, while the other member uses turntables, laptops, synthesizers, and figuratively the kitchen sink while racing around the whole stage and climbing on everything, plus he contributes some vocals. These two did not disappoint with their performance.

It is unfortunate that we are unable to bring you a sample of their performance that evening to go along with the interview, as we did with many other artists. They really rocked the house, so check out their new CD, or see them live as they tour the East Coast of the United [...]

As I said to Kenny during our interview with Moneen (link below), when my 17 year old son wants to raise the tempo and get his blood moving while working out at the gym his number one choice is Moneen songs. Brampton’s Moneen has 4 albums, 4 EPs and a DVD, so isn’t it [...]

Die Mannequin had been working in LA when they got the call that the organizers needed them to help out the cause in Toronto for Haiti. Of course they were winging their way back here to show their support and to give their fans what they want the most. We weren’t able to get an interview with Care Failure, but we did stick our noses into another interview so that you can see her up close.

Maestro Fresh Wes was doing some film work in LA and preparing to release his first book, to be published by McClelland & Stewart Ltd. Gaining fame with hip hop and rap as early as the late 1980’s, he continues to impress including his work with Kardinal Offishall, and even on stage in Cannes, [...]

Alex, the lead singer for the Ska band illScarlett, is interviewed by the Local Vibe, prior to his band performing for this Unicef charity event in early February 2010. If you’ve enjoyed Reggae music, but like to kick it up a notch, then this music, which actually preceded Reggae, is infectious. A live [...]

The Local Vibe staff were elated to interview the videographer’s favourite live rock band, and we’ve included some exerpts from their performance. Did you hear John-Angus and Jack Syperek say that they were begining work on a new electric album…? Yes!
To get an idea of the potential for this band, they should be [...]

James Cybulski of TSN, Darrin Pfeiffer of 102.1 The Edge plus drummer for The Salads, and Zeke Meyer who owns the Sound Academy got together to raise funds for the earthquake victims of Haiti. They asked some well known artists, athletes and celebrities to gather down on Polson Pier on February 2nd, 2010, and [...]

So Ian Mackenzie and I head out to the T. to cover “Toronto plays for Haiti” on Tuesday February 2nd at Sound Academy (11 Polson Street Toronto Ont.) in Polson Pier. We arrived quite early, traffic was light heading in and we got exclusive first interviews with just about everyone performing or presenting that evening!
This [...]

My old friend Geoff  Breen is playing with Trevor Howard at the Red Rooster in Burlington this Thursday at 10:00 pm no cover charge this week ! Trevor Howard is opening for Wide Mouth Mason in the near future. I’ll keep you posted.

Unsilent Night
Phil Kline’s Unsilent Night, an Outdoor ambient music celebration
Music, art, and architecture combine for an avant-garde experience.
What: Unsilent Night is a beautiful evening walk through historic downtown Cambridge complete with postmodern classical music broadcast from hundreds of portable music players. Illuminated art installations set up for Unsilent Night are dotted throughout the walk.
The walk [...]

Lucas Stagg Band – CD release party .. Excellent band, great time had by all. AND if you have not checked out the Groove Kitchen, downtown Preston, It is time that you did …… Cold beer, excellent food and great vibes, any night of the week. Closed Mondays.

Hi Everyone,
I will be performing every Friday night from 6 till 8 performing original and cover songs every week till the end of January and possibly longer depending on how things go. If you would like or have been waiting to see me play solo now is your chance. Thanks for your support and I [...]